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28 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
My boy has never written calligraphy before. That didn’t prevent him from being selected for the National Calligraphy Competition held at Hong Wen School. I didn’t have CCA duty that day and could have marked intensively at school. But between mundan...
27 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
It was a scorching afternoon. My teacher announced that there would be an exam next week. I did not care. i continued to play video games. A smug look came over me. I was sure that I could pass. The day of the exam arrived. I realised I hit a huge wa...
25 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
It isn’t every day that I feel a surge of gratitude over my life situation. Today was refreshingly different. Marched out of school with my class of essays in tow, wanting to seek refuge in the air-conditioned comfort of the Kopitiam inside Khoo Teck...
25 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Language teachers have it worst because they have to mark compositions, some (dare I say many?) of which are low-effort. It’s not the kind of task that you can squeeze in between lessons. By the time I decompress from a hectic lesson and gather my wi...
24 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Teaching is a team sport, says the trending slogan. But how it is exactly manifested in everyday life? Case in point: goalball at my primary school. The English and PE departments collaborated together to invite personnel from Goalball Singapore to...
23 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Returned to Yishun MRT when a young man approached me. I was momentarily confused until a flicker of recognition grabbed my senses. Why, he was my ex-student in my graduating class at Naval Base Primary School. Exchanged pleasantries for a bit. Remem...
23 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Had a hot date with the son last Friday. Picked him up at 3pm to take him to the school library. (Don’t worry, I brought along my marking so that I can be justifiable to warrant taxpayers’ hard-earned money.) He ran to me excitedly, exclaiming that...
22 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
This is a rant. Sensei needs to get this off his chest. This Friday, all the English teachers teaching the sixth graders had a meeting, which involved the vice-principal. Stakes were high. Our percentage passes for the national exam have been declini...
22 Feb 2026 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Once upon a time, Tian the T-Rex wandered around the forest in search of food. He was ravenous — and no wonder! Weighing as much as an elephant and measuring as long as a school bus, he needed to eat a lot of food to provide energy for his humongous...
21 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Example Sentences Crafted by Sensei I show my appreciation for my loved ones by doing housework and giving my all in my studies. (appreciation - the act of recognising and valuing someone’s efforts) Receiving commendation from my teachers g...
